When Midwifery Became the Male Physician's Province: The Sixteenth Century Handbook the Rose Garden for Pregnant Women and Midwives, Newly Englished

by Eucharius Rosslin

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Rosslin's Der Swangern frawen und he bammen roszgarten (1513) is frequently cited by historians, both positively and (more often) negatively, as a milestone in the professionalization of obstetrics and gynecology. While the subject of whether the book led to an improvement in midwifery is open to debate, there is no argument that it was the beginning of the male medical profession's move into the female domain of midwifery. This newly translated version...

Format:Library Binding

Language:English

ISBN:0899509347

ISBN13:9780899509341

Release Date:July 1994

Publisher:McFarland & Company

Length:135 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

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